Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Lyme controversy continues

Now I don't have all the facts on this case, but I find it interesting how both sides of the issue feel very strongly that they are doing the right thing.

I've only come across the LymeMD blog recently, but I find it very informative and the information well researched and presented. I really appreciate that this person was willing to share his/her experiences with us. It is especially useful for those of us with little or no access to someone trained to treat Lyme or it's co-infections.

The recent research I've read on Lyme, especially out of Europe, seem to my limited training to be adequite. The sample sets are good, the conclusion drawn matches the numbers given, and the method appeared sound. So, I wonder, what is it that makes a medical establishment accept one bit of research and not another? And why, why, is it so difficult for accepted medical treatment procedures to change to reflect the changing world?

1 comments:

Josiane said...

I'm glad you've found another information source that can be helpful to you.
Hopefully, the medical establishment won't be able to choose which research results they are willing to consider (and which ones they don't want to accept despite the fact that they're obviously valid) for much longer.